Our newly purchased chicken layers gave us more eggs than expected. The chickens adapted quickly to their new environment and home. Their house now is more spacious, and they have a field to roam around, eating everything from grass to insects. They have no problem switching diets from purely commercial feeds to organic or natural feeds. I gave my chickens a combination of natural and commercial feeds. This setup is just a hobby of mine, and I don't have any plans yet to scale it up. We only sell some eggs to relatives and friends, and the rest we consume in our home.
What's funny is that when you go to the market, most sellers of brown eggs market them as organic eggs, which is clearly not the case and misleading. The color of the egg depends on the breed of hen that lays it. Most of these brown eggs were from the Dekalb Brown breed of hens, and most are practicing a free-range setup because these types are heavy foragers that can greatly reduce the cost of feed. This hen also eats commercial feeds, but not the same as their white laying hen counterparts, who are caged and fed 100% commercial feeds with lots of antibiotics.
Aside from the usual grasses, weeds, and insects around the field, our hens are fed rice bran and chopped leaves and vegetables. The most common were moringa leaves, water spinach, and Azolla. Simply combine it, and the chickens will always love it. The greens are their protein source, and the rice bran is for carbohydrates and fats.
Sometimes, when I have free time, I make them fermented feeds made up mostly of rice bran and soy meal. Though soy meal can be expensive, it can be replaced by leafy green vegetables.
Happy farming.